Rail-fastening device.



c. H. CORNELL. RAIL FASTENlNG DEVICE.

APPLlCATlON FILED FEB-16.1917

' 1,24%,707. Patented 001;. 30, 1917.

attomwqd,

, CHARLES conivnnn, orlvALENrrnE, NElsItA SKAQ i RAIL-FASTENING nnvron.

1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C'HARLnsI-I. CORNEL a cltizen of the United States, residing at Valentine, in the county of Cherry and Stateof Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fastening De vices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description off the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 1

This invention is a rail fastening-device.- for railroad tracks, and is designed-more particularly as an improvement tothe type and cross-tie showing the invention appliedof rail fastening device disclosed in my former Patents No. 943,521 and No. 1,130,797., Heretofore it has been the practice when.

rails have become worn from long continued engagement'with car' Wheel flanges, tozremove thespikes .or other retaining means, ad ust the rails to restore the track to its proper gage, and tofasten the rails iii-their adjusted position by replacing the spikes or other retaining means 1n a new-position on Th1s operation consumes conslderable time and is therefore very ext the cross-tie.

pensive.

With these conditions in view, the invention has for its object to provide a simple 30 and inexpensive fastening device to: retain :-the rails of a railroad track .upon the crossties thereof, andat the sametime to provide means whereby the. rails that have become Worn on their inside edge through long continued engagement with car wheel flanges,

may be shifted or adjusted'inwardly to restore the track to its proper gage by 1nterchanging or re-arra'nging; certain parts 0 the device without changing the position of the device relative to the tie, thereby eliminating the expense and time consumedin redriving spikes, or applying'the fastening device to the rail in a new'position on the tie. With these and other objects in view, that may more fully hereinafter appear, the invention comprises a bolt of novel form, which maybeprovided with a cam: element rotatably mounted thereon, The bolt may be so. formed as to pass through a" suitably positioned aperture in a cross-tie, and en 5 gage suitable plates preferably positioned on r the upper andlower faces of said tie, while speci fication of lLetter's Patent.

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' closed in the accompanying drawings, the bolt; 1 is preferably cylindrical in form and aofthe bolt and proceeding toward the lower,

may be provided W shown in Fig. 5. y g The device contemplates the userof two Patented Oct. 30,1917.

Application filed February 10, 1917. Serial No. 147,879. A.

- bolt and the lower platetoretain bolt in operative position. One embodimentof the invention is hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in'the ape pended claims, it being understood that such changes-in size, proportion and minor details of construction may be made as fall withinlthe scope of the appended claims, Without departingfrom the spirit, or sacri-v ficing any of. the advantages'of the invention. I v In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 1s a sectional vlew through a rail "bolt and the plate.

Fig. 5 is a view-similar to Fig. 4,.showing a modified form, of locking engagement between the bolt and the plate. Like reference numerals are used to designate .like'parts In the embodiment of: my invention disprovided with a square-head 2, and terminates in a"hook-member.3, the largest diameter of which is preferably the same as that of the shank of the bolt, as clearly; shown in,

Fig. .1. The hook 3 may be'formed by moving a gradually increasing amount of metal f from the shank of the'bolt beginning atwa pointsubstantially midway between the ends end, stopping" abruptly at-a suitable distance therefrom, thereby forming a lip 4:. {It is evident therefore that this lip.v may be formed t-by heating thebolt anddrawing it out to the desired form, or the bolt and the lipmay be cast as one, If desired, the bolt ith a plurality of lips,as

identical bolts, "such as above described, the bolt 1-,{designed to occupy" the posltion on the inside of the rail, beingprov1ded-with aspirallyfianged cam-5, which is shown rotatably I mounted uponthe bolt ad acent the Yhead thereof) The cam, is Pr f ab y pro- 110 vided with a cylindricalcollar 6, said collar being preferably of the same internal diame ter as the cam, and of such external diameter as may be required for the purpose hereinafter explained.

The bolt 1, designed to occupy a positlon on the outside of the rail, is shown provided with a'spirally' flanged cam? rotatably mounted thereon, said cam being'preferably of the same size and shape as cam 5, but without a similar depending collar 6. suitable plate 8 may be interposed between the rail 9 and cross-tie 10, andis preferably provided with "a plurality of apertures 11 and 12. The

apertures 11 and 12, designed to lie on op- 'posite sides of the rail 9, may besubstan tially of the same diameter as the bolts 1 and 1 and may have their centers spaced apart a distance equal to the width of the lower rail flange, plus the diameter of a bolt, plus the thickness of the collar 6, assuming the the tie, their axes passing through the cenbolts 1 and 1 to be of the same diameter.

The plate 8 may be provided with a plurality of relatively small apertures 19 positioned at a suitable distance from the aper tures l1 and 12, and preferablybetween these apertures andthe corresponding ends of the plate 8. y

The cross-tie 10 may be provided with a plurality of apertures 13 and 14; preferably cylindrical and extending vertically through ters of the apertures 11 and 12, respectively.

The apertures '13 and 14 are designed to receive the bolts 1 and 1 and are preferably of a diameter substantially equal to that of the bolts.

On the underside of the tie 10 may be provided a suitable plate 16 having a plurality of slots 17 coinciding with the apertures 13 and 1a of the tie 10. Theremay be pro-- vided a plurality of depressions 20 in the I so that the centers ofthe apertures 11 and 12 of the plate Scoincide withthe axes ofthe apertures 18'a-nd14 of'the tie. The rail is then placed upon the plate 8, so that the outside edge of the lower flange 10f therail coincides with the inside edge'of the aperture '12 of the plate, the inside edge of the flange fallinga predetermined distance, the

thickness ofthe collar 6', fr ()m theinside edge of the aperture 13.

The bolts l 'and l, carrying their respective' cams 5 and 7, are inserted in-the apertures. 13 and 1 1, respectively, the-enlarged collar ofthe cam 5 simultaneously engaging the inner edge of the rail flange and the upper face of the plate 8.

'The lower plate'16 is then applied to the tie, the bolts 1 and 1 engaging the slot 17, whereupon said bolts are rotated by means of a suitable tool applied to the square-heads thereof, thereby bringing the lips 4 of the hooked ends 3 intolocking engagement with the depressions 20 of the plates 16.

Any suitable tool is then applied to the cams 5 and 7 and the cams thereby rotated relative to the bolts, thus bringing the spiral flange of the cams to bear with ever increas ing pressure upon the rail flange. When the cams have been rotated sufliciently to securely retain the rail in position, nails may be driven into the tie through the apertures 19 in the plate 8, hereinbefore referred to, and bent into engagement with one of the slots 18 in said cams, thereby retaining them in their locked position.

When the rails thus laid become worn on their inside edges, due to the continued engagement of car wheel flanges, the track may be'rest'ored to its proper gage by removing the bolts 1. and l and shifting the rail inwardly until the inside edge of therail flange-coincides with the inside edge of the aperture 13. The bolt 1 carrying the cam 5 is then placed in the aperture 14 on the outside of the rail, the collar. 6 engaging the 'rail flange and the upper face of the plate8,

and the bolt 1 is placed: in the aperture 13 on the inside of the rail, wherebythe rail may be securelyretained in itsnew position, as hereinbefore described. It is to be understood that the thickness of the c0llar 6 may be varied as occasion, requires to permit of a greater, or less adjustment of the nail.-

it is contemplated to; shift: therails constit-uting one side of the: track to restorethe trackto :its proper gage at the first adjustment, and to shift :theoppositerail inwardly.

what I claim is:-

1.- In a device of theolass described, the combination withia rail' andza tie, of a rail fastening device. comprisinga plurality" of plates, a plurality of bolts to engage-said plates,means O11=S2t1CtbOltS- to rotatably engage. the rail, and: means to'permitofthe:

transverse movement ofr the rail. on thetie without changing the: position: ofthe'aplates.

2. Ina device of the; class described; the com-bination'with a rail and atie,v of-a rail fastening device comprisingra plurality of bolts, a plurality of plates, a plurality of spirally flanged cams rotatably mountedion said bolts, and means topermit of thetransverse. movement; o-f- 'the rail on. the tie without changing the position of-the: plates,

i In the practical application of thisdevice,

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a rail and a tie, of a rail fastening device comprising a plurality of plates, a plurality of hooked bolts to engage said plates when moved to a predetermined position, cooperative means carried by the bolt and one of said plates to lock the bolts relative to the plates, a plurality of spirally flanged cams rotatably mounted on the bolts and means carried by the bolts to permit of thetransverse movement of the rail on the tie without changing the position of the plates. I

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a rail and a tie, of a rail fastening device comprising a plurality of plates provided with a plurality of apera tures designed to coincide with a plurality of apertures in the tie, a plurality of bolts to secure said plates to the tie, means to lock said bolts relative to the plates, a plurality of spirally flanged cams rotatably mounted upon said bolts to engage the rail, and means carried by one cam to engage the rail and permit of the transverse movement of the rail on the tie without changing the position of the plates.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a rail and a tie having a plurality of apertures spaced apart a pre determined amount, of a plurality of plates provided with apertures to coincide with those of the tie, a plurality of bolts to engage said plates and secure the plates to the pending collar carried by one oivsaid cams to engage the rail, means on the peripheries of the cams whereby the cams may be rotated relative to the bolts, and means to retain the cams in a predetermined position.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a rail and a tie provided with a plurality of apertures spaced apart a predetermined amount, of a plate designed to be interposed between the rail and the tie,

said plate provided with a plurality of apertures to coincide with the apertures of the tie, aplurality of bolts to engage the plate and tie and extend therefrom, each bolt terminating in a plurality of hooks,a slotted plate to engage said bolts, a plurality of depressions in said plate adjacent said slots to form locking engagement with the bolts when the same are moved to a predetermined position, a spirally flanged cam rotatably mounted upon each of said bolts to engage the rail, and a depending collar carried'by one of said cams to engage the rail and permit of its transverse movement on the tie without changing the position of the plates.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

s CHARLES H. CORNELL.

Witnesses:

M. V. NICHOLSON, ESTELLE A. WISE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. O. 

